David Lindsay-Abaire

“Nat: I don't know. The weight of it, I guess. At some point it becomes bearable. It turns into something you can…

— David Lindsay-Abaire

My plays tend to be peopled with outsiders in search of clarity.

— David Lindsay-Abaire

Film is mostly a visual medium, and so the director has much more control in terms of painting pictures and painting a…

— David Lindsay-Abaire

The Pulitzer has nothing to do with me; it's more about people's perceptions of me, whatever they may be. I'm not being…

— David Lindsay-Abaire

Class is something I know about. I've lived it every day of my life, and it shaped me in my identity.

— David Lindsay-Abaire

I'm going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing 'Rabbit Hole' came out of an interest in diversifying my portfolio, frankly.

— David Lindsay-Abaire

I don't want to work on a musical if I'm not the lyricist.

— David Lindsay-Abaire

We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American thing to say, but…

— David Lindsay-Abaire

Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes waiting for pages. So I just have…

— David Lindsay-Abaire

I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth; that's all that I do.

— David Lindsay-Abaire

So even the most unlikely events have to take place somewhere ...

— David Lindsay-Abaire

Only assholes write plays about Nazis.

— David Lindsay-Abaire

I dont want to work on a musical if Im not the lyricist.

— David Lindsay-Abaire

I've been pretty well treated by the critics, but the critics who didn't like my comedies hated them with an unbridled passion,…

— David Lindsay-Abaire

From a young age, I was rubbing elbows with a very different kind of person and social class, and I felt a…

— David Lindsay-Abaire

With studio work, I'm always the bottom man on the totem pole.

— David Lindsay-Abaire

I'm a playwright by trade, and in theater, writers have complete control over everything. Nobody can change a word without your permission.…

— David Lindsay-Abaire

Pretty much, the writer's in charge in theater. Of course you're in charge with the director, but no one can change your…

— David Lindsay-Abaire

I didn't go into 'Rabbit Hole' wanting to write about class. I think because of who I am it somehow found its…

— David Lindsay-Abaire

I've worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn't have the chances I've had.

— David Lindsay-Abaire

I'm not saying people shouldn't apply themselves and work hard. You do have to try to make your own luck. But I…

— David Lindsay-Abaire